During renovation works in 1982, engineers discovered the Statue Of Liberty’s head was two feet off center. They also found the right arm was improperly attached.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/17/science/engineers-fix-original-defects-in-the-statue.html
23-year-old Yanjaa, who was born in Mongolia and raised in Sweden, memorized all 328 pages of the 2018 IKEA catalog in a week.
Source: http://ikeahumancatalogue.com/
The 11th and current Earl of Sandwich founded a chain of sandwich shops called ‘Earl of Sandwich’. His ancestor, the 4th Earl, is credited with inventing the sandwich.
A study in 2009 found that people who pirated music were ten times more likely to purchase music than those who didn’t.
– WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music
Nothing happened in British history between the 3rd and 13th of September 1752. The British Calendar Act of 1751, which adopted the Gregorian calendar, proclaimed that in the British Empire Thursday 3 September 1752 should become Thursday 14 September 1752.
– WTF Fun Fact
Source: http://projectbritain.com/calendar/September/calendar.html
Barry Manilow’s hit ‘I Write The Songs’ which reached number 1 on the Billboard hits chart in January of 1976, wasn’t written by Barry Manilow.
– WTF Fun Fact
In 2015, a PhD student made a yogurt using the bacterial culture from her vagina, which she collected with a wooden spoon. She described the taste as “sour, tangy, and almost tingly on the tongue”.
– WTF Fun Fact
In 2016 Canadian Singer Justin Bieber lost his $240,000 Ferrari 458 Italia for three weeks. His assistant eventually found it valet parked at a Beverly Hills hotel.
Source: https://www.thedrive.com/a-list/6113/justin-bieber-lost-his-liberty-walk-ferrari-458-for-three-weeks
In the last 12,000 years, Niagara Falls has moved 7 miles upstream from erosion. Its current rate of erosion, which has been reduced greatly, is estimated at 1 foot per year. – WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/niagara-falls